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The Moon on Wednesday, June 23, 2010: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 90.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 26°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on June 23, 2010Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 23 June 2010385,003 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 23, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.8% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
385,003 km239,230 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (27°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 2010 is on Saturday, June 26, 2010 at 11:31 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 11:15 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, June 19, 201004:30
Full Moon (after)Saturday, June 26, 201011:31

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 12, 2010 to the new moon of July 11, 2010, a cycle of 29.35 days.